Sentence Correction: Preposition and Idiom Questions

The reason that the 4th of July is the date chosen to celebrate Independence Day is because on that day in 1776 the Declaration of Independence was voted upon and was adopted by the Continental Congress.

Using both the reason and because is redundant since both terms convey the same meaning in the sentence.

Although this answer choice corrects the original Redundancy by not using both the reason and because in the same sentence, it is grammatically incorrect due to a Preposition error. The correct idiom is adopted by not adopted to.

Although this answer choice corrects the original Redundancy by not using both the reason and because in the same sentence, it is grammatically incorrect due to a Preposition error. The correct idiom is adopted by not adopted for. It would not make sense to say that the Declaration was adopted for the Continental Congress, as it was not for the Congress but the people; it is also more sensical to say that the Declaration was adopted by Congress because they accepted it.

Although this answer choice corrects the original Redundancy by not using both the reason and because in the same sentence, it uses the wordy phrase to hold the Independence Day celebrations. Look for a more concise answer choice.

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This answer choice corrects the original Redundancy by not using both the reason and because in the same sentence while using the correct preposition (by) for the idiom adopted by.

The reason that the 4th of July is the date chosen to celebrate Independence Day is because on that day in 1776 the Declaration of Independence was voted upon and was adopted by

The reason that the 4th of July is the date chosen to celebrate Independence Day is that on that day in 1776 the Declaration of Independence was voted upon and was adopted to

The 4th of July is the date chosen to celebrate Independence Day because on that day in 1776 the Declaration of Independence was voted upon and was adopted by

The 4th of July is the date chosen to hold the Independence Day celebrations because on that day in 1776 the Declaration of Independence was voted upon and was adopted by

The 4th of July is the date chosen to celebrate Independence Day because on that day in 1776 the Declaration of Independence was voted upon and was adopted for